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| Born | Stephen White |
| Education | Trinity College, Dublin, University of Glasgow, Moscow State University, University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Political Scientist, Professor |
| Website | http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/stephenwhite/ |
Professor Stephen White is the James Bryce Professor of Politics and a Senior Research Associate of the University of Glasgow's School of Central and East European Studies, and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Applied Politics in Moscow. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in history and political science, and then completed a PhD in Soviet studies at Glasgow University - including an exchange year at Moscow State University - and a DPhil in politics at Wolfson College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2010.
His research interests focus on Soviet and post-Soviet politics, with special emphasis on elections, voting and nonvoting, parties, political elites, public opinion and the media; he also works on the current politics and foreign policy of Belarus and Ukraine, on Russian foreign policy, and political graphics.